Thesis - critical and contextual approach to ceramics

This year aside of my studio project I have to write thesis - 'Using industrial ceramics forms and techniques to produce art objects.'
I thought that maybe some of you will find it interesting or helpful, so I will put up some of my research. The articles and essays are really interesting and I think that they explain well the 21st Century approach to ceramics combining art, design and craft.

I will update this post as I go along and add more texts.

'Otherwise unobtainable: the applied arts and the politics and poetics of digital technology.' T.Harrod,
'Patterns of making: thinking and making in industrial design.' H.Rees
'Contemporary clay.' C. Twomey
'Object Factory II' M.Cecula and D. Kopala

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Porcelain Paperclay

I still don't know exactly how my finished pieces are going to look like but I know that I want to make something light and translucent. That is why I had decided to work in porcelain. Some of the forms can be too difficult to construct in porcelain without risking that they will collaps in the kiln. In order to overcome this obstacle I had prepared some paperclay which is lighter and hopefully will keep the shape better. First I cut porcelain in small pieces and let them get bone dry. Then I crushed them even more and added water to make smooth slip. When I had porcelain slip prepared I teared up some toilet paper and soaked it in hot water. After some time I sieved it and mixed with porcelain slip.

Some glazes and more textures

I am almost done with the preparation for the Degree Show and in last 2 weeks I've tested some glazes on the tiles. I didn't want to loose the definition of the lines and decided to glaze only insets and I am very please with the results :D I also had a chance to take better photos of my glazed prints and textures. On top of that there are some new textures here and I think that I will live them unglazed. So here it goes: Still hot from the kiln :D

Final Project :)

Hi again :) This time I have just one FINAL project :) I had to pick something that will keep me interested and excited for a whole year so it may not be a surprise to some of you that I decided to base my work onece again on architecture. Most of my inspiration photos are already in the previous post -I just love the patters and reflections in them. Here are some of them just to remind you what I have in mind. And here is what I did in PhotoShop to bring some of the plans forward and broaden my research. Now I just have to do the magic and get something interesting out of them in my sketchbook :) I am looking forward to do that but on the other hand I know it is a tough project.... Well I hope to update you soon with my drawings and swatches :) Please let me know what you think :)

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